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The Kennedy Effect: John F. Kennedy's 1959 Trip To Kansas And Its Relationship To His National Campaign, Randy Gonzales Jan 2019

The Kennedy Effect: John F. Kennedy's 1959 Trip To Kansas And Its Relationship To His National Campaign, Randy Gonzales

Master's Theses

ABSTRACT

Massachusetts senator and presidential hopeful John F. Kennedy visited Kansas in November 1959 as part of his strategy to win the Democratic Party nomination. Kennedy made stops in five cities in two days, meeting party officials and wooing potential delegates. The candidate first spoke in Kansas City and Wichita on November 19 before flying to Dodge City November 20 after another appearance in Wichita that morning. After a noon luncheon in Dodge City Kennedy made a speech in Salina before his stop in Hays. In Hays, Kennedy gave a television interview, met the press at a news conference, rode …


Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To J. Reuben Clark, October 13, 1915, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson Oct 1915

Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To J. Reuben Clark, October 13, 1915, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson

World War I Era Documents, 1914-1918

A handwritten letter to J. Reuben Clark from Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, written October 13, 1915. Within, Huntington-Wilson discusses his latest articles as a means of publicity for himself and ponders the Republican nomination.